Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-11
sion Of competent engineer. Others con
CURED In this.

| twenty-five years IN Whlch 10 pay tneiT
assessments, and that the expense OF having
the cross streets shall be borne pro rata by
the property.owners on the square.
A recess OF ten minutes was taken, there
was a general conference, and II was de-
cided best to postpone the matter and bold
a special oradjourned meeting on the night
OF The oath. The Council so voted.
THE DUMMY RAILROAD.
| The Street Committee reported favorably
on the petition Of the Midlothian and Mau.
chester and Richmond Railway Company
| asking TO be allowed to lay track on cer-
| tain streets, heretofore published In the
| Dispatch, and run thereon cars known as
the dummy motor; also, to run freight.
! cars down Stockton street to Sixth, and
| thence to a point near the Free bridge.
where this and the passenger road shall
meet.
Mr.. Weisiger slid while he was mem.
Der Of the Street Committee. and voted for
the report. he had done so with the view
OF bringing the matter before the Council.
He would like 10 hear the opinions OF
other members Of the Council not members
OF the committee on the subject.
Mr.. O'Brien moved to refer the matter TO
a special committee and the City Attorney.
| He thought no such rights as asked for
here should be granted any company un-
| less approved By the City Attorney. This
was a matter which should be probed to
| the bottom.
Mayor Taylor, representing the petition
| ers, said That be was willing for the matter
| TO be recommitted; that he went into this
| thing with the hope OF benefitlng both the
| city and himself: that he would prefer inst
| 1t should be investigated, rs he wanted 10
| be connected with nothing that wolll
work tn the injury Of the city.
The motion TO refer was carried. IL was
| referred TO the Street Committee.
OvERPATD TAXES.
Mr.. David l.. Pulliam was granted the
privileges OF the floor, and presented the
petition OF Mr.. Lucy j. Cersley. VINO owns
lot at the corner Of Thirteenth and HUI
streets, fronting GSa feet on the latter, on
which she has been improperly assessed FOR
several years, 10 that she has been chlrged
SCI feet. and asking that her present in
debtedness to the city be credited with the
S20.1G overpaid. Mr.. Puliam read certIi.
Gates from the proper officers to show tiIl
Mrs. Cer,ley was entitled to the relief ask.
ed for. The petition was granted.
MOVE THE UOhSE'INODGH.
A petition was read from Messrs. Angus
tine Royal & Co., asking that the bydrIu-
and horse.trough in front Of their office,
Just below the post. office. be moved and
placed In front OF the MAJ ket.hOuse or else
where, whore it will interfere with no one.
The petitioners aIlege that the trough i
great Inconvenience TO them; that the
sidewalk and their Office is kept sputered
with water; that the noise OF stopping
teams greatly aGnoys them.
Referred to the IlydrLnt Committee.
with instructions TO have the trough
moved.
TIE CEMETERY.
Mr.. O'Brien, from the Cemetery Com.
mlt;ec, asked to be given until the mex
meeting, when his committee would make
full report. Agreed to.
NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
Mr.. Porduc called Mr.. Bradley to the
chair. and, taking the floor, said that year
CT tWo ago the school Board came 10 tn
Council and urged the importance OF al
appropriation for building schoolhOuses;
that lie was appointed committee
OF one to 20 before the School B). Fl
and explain why the city could not then a..
ford To comply with the wishes OF Ia,
board, which the Council knew to be well
grounded that he performed this duty,
and the board cheertully accepted MS cX.
PLANTATION. lie then gave the board the A.
suTance that as soon as the finances OF the
city were in a condition 10 warrant it H.
would take the proper steps 10 secure tn
appropriation. This time had arrived, and
be proposed TO make good his pledgr.
He therefore introduced 4 resolution ap
prOpriating Sl1500 for the purpose of
erecting and eQuippng two buildings. one
for the white and one for the cOlOred schol.
ars OF the city.
Mr.. Perdue said this would probably not
be enough 10 provide such buildings as are
needed; il not, he would, when the resO-
luton came up for adoption, move to in-
crease the amount TO 100000, or more II
Necessary. lie named a smaller sum because
he thought il he SAID $4,000 the board
would want $1,000 more. Now that AZ
rangements had been made for funding the
Gty's per cent. bonds into G's or Of
having them bought I'm for cash, he cOulu
see no reason why the appropriation should
not be at once made.
Mr.. Perdue asked that MS resolution be
referred 10 the Finance Committee. and
boped speedy action would be taken on it.
When he a year or more ago opposed such
an Appropriation the idea got out that he was
not friend TO the public schools. or this
false impression he desired TO disabuse the
minds OF the public. He had always been
a friend Of the schools, but knew tnat the
financial condition Of the city was not such
as to admit Of this outlay.
The resolution was referred.
SCHOOL TRTeTFF FIFCTFD
The secretary read 4 communication from
Mr. y. j. Weisiger, secretary OF the school
Board, calling the attention Of the COunc ]
to the fact that vacancy exists in the
board from the First Ward, occaSiOned bv
the removal Of Mr.. Il. +. PIlsOn 10 another |
ward.
MIR. Mark Il. Lloyd was nominated for |
the position aud elected by acCllm ltiOn.
Adjourned at 1880.
MADE An ASSIGNMENT.
Captain Jane, a. Lip>comb, who re- |
Gently succeeded Oliver IL Lipscomb, and |
has since been conducting the grocery !
business on upper Hull street, being un- |
able To met all Of bis Obligations. ye,ter- |
day made an assignment, naming Mr.. !.
Charles l.. Page as trustee. His liabilities |
are placed at about $500, and bis assets
ore few hundred dollars less.
The preferred creditors are McGuire d
EIlttt, $50; Trihhctt u Taylor, Sj2ijl;
". j. Crosiic. S3ljS. The second-cll>,
creduSrS are ". G. GREGORY, s62S.4S; Ju-
lien Bmford, $l9003; james f. Bradley,
S130.66; \. l.. AdamsOn, Si3; Bowen Il
S32.Sl; Dunlop& McCance, S3j:
NJ. II. LloVd, SIS; a. i. Lipscomb, S7j.
The trustee Is directed TO pay the remain.
ing creditors. VINO are designated as third
class creditors, II the balance OF the pro-
ceeds will suffice. II not they will be paid
ratably.
The business Of the store was conducted
by Mr.. William Lipscomb, the Captains
oldest son, who is popular young man.
Both have many friends here, who will
unite in The hope that tue Captains tinan.
cia embarrassment Is only temporary.
PERSONALS AND BRIEFS.
Postmaster Henry A. Jordan. who has
suffered much OF late from the effects Of a
wound received during the war, Is much
better and goes out little. He attended
The Elliott Grays' reunion on Wednesday,
and there met with MIR. |. \. Tomlinson,
was his messTnate during the first year
1f the war. While during their service
attachment grew up between
hem and both Of them were wounded, they
had never met since they parted IN 1862.
The third OF The summer ears (N0. q ar
rived Thursday afternoon and was nut on